WASHINGTON, June 22 (UPI) -- For the first time, more than half of U.S. residents favor an immediate withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, a poll released Wednesday indicated.
The Pew Research Center found 56 percent of those surveyed want U.S. troops out now, up 8 percentage points from a poll last month immediately after the killing of Osama bin Laden. Only 39 percent said U.S. forces should stay until Afghanistan has become stable.